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Technology of sports shoe soles: The race to conquer the market(Part 1)

Current technology is considered to be the decisive factor in the sports shoes market. So what is the difference in shoe sole technology between famous brands?

In recent years, it can be seen that the application of advanced technology in the production of sports shoes has become a key for big brands to conquer this potential market. The application of soles technology has brought sports shoes to a new level, with outstanding features to meet the needs of the sport more fully.

Typically Boost and React technology come from two famous brands adidas and Nike, which has made fans excited over the past time. However, each technology is a breakthrough, and many other brands are also trying to join the race with “big” like adidas and Nike. So what is the difference in shoe soles technology among famous sports brands today?

In the competitive race of the world of sports shoes, the launch of Boost technology from adidas famous brand has stirred the fans. EVA compression layer – Ethylene Vinyl Acetate, an elastic material that has been popular in use for decades. But with Boost technology, a combination with the BASF compound has created a new revolution that has changed many aspects of the sports shoe industry.

The adidas Energy Boost midsole sole, the first shoe to introduce fans to technology, looks like a white polystyrene sponge at first glance, but it is actually made from hundreds of thermoplastic polyurethane TPU. Not only does it reduce the tension of the human feet when it touches the ground more than when using the EVA sole, but also has the ability to bounce back to its original state immediately. This in theory means that the shoes will help the wearer consume less energy, can run far and faster.

Many people are still skeptical about this new technology but with online training software miCoach interactive, adidas is ready to challenge their doubts. Just attach the adidas Speed_Cell speedometer and you will be ready to experience and record a new achievement yourself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“Transform” into WWE stars with augmented reality technology

Facebook created a set of 7 augmented reality (AR) filters on the Spark AR Studio app on the occasion of FOX’s first broadcast of Smackdown.

October 4 will be a very important day for WWE in particular and the followers of American entertainment wrestling in general as it battles the 20th anniversary of the WWE Smackdown’s “hit” program. More notably, this event will be the first professional wrestler show that has been broadcast on FOX’s channel since 1993. In the past, FOX has also broadcast RAW, Smackdown and Hall of Famers. and Legends.

To mark this memorable milestone, FOX Sports Television teamed up with Facebook to create an additional set of 7 augmented reality (AR) filters on the Spark AR Studio app. Accordingly, users of Facebook and Instagram can put their faces on the wrestlers in the WWE video, enjoy themselves performing the tricks and gestures of the characters as people fly through the ring. by The Undertaker or the flattering look of Charlotte Flair in a lovely robe.

Spark AR Studio is about to have another 7 filters on the occasion of FOX airing Smackdown.

Appearing on Facebook since 2017, Spark AR Studio has just appeared on Instagram in August this year. Up to now, several revealed characters will appear in these 7 filters including The Undertaker, Triple H, Randy Orton and Charlotte Flair. The identity of other wrestlers will be announced in the coming days. Meanwhile, FOX Sports is also testing the above filters before officially releasing them on social networking platforms.

Smackdown was the first broadcast program in WWE in 1999, Smackdown is the second most “WWE” program in the US, second only to Monday Night Raw. SmackDown even broadcasts more numbers than the most famous shows in “Flag of the United States” such as The Simpsons, the Gunsmoke, Lassie or Monday Night Football.

Over the past 20 years, SmackDown has been the launch pad for many wrestlers, even helping them promote their names in other fields such as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, John Cena, Triple H, ” Stone Cold ”Steve Austin and The Bella Twins.

 

 

 

 

 

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The great technology invention that quickly help runner recover (Part 1)

The extremely affordable body weight support LightSpeed ​​Lift and Lever Lyte-V contribute to the runner’s exciting treadmill treadmill experience.

A few decades ago, running a treadmill underwater was almost the only option in supporting body weight for athletes to recover from injuries. To be able to experience it, the athletes must “line up” to the Recovery Centers or hospitals.

Everything changed only when AlterG zero gravity treadmill appeared in 2005 with a lot of modern features. However, the price from 25,000 USD to 59,900 USD is really a “super huge” challenge for fitness centers, not to mention the runner.

Recently, Runner’s World researchers have introduced two devices with extremely affordable prices and features that are not inferior to AlterG.

LightSpeed ​​Lift

The body weight support system LiftSpeed ​​Lift uses technology “Lift from the Hip” to provide the necessary support for runner at the axis of motion.

Lightspeed Lift has a chassis similar to the power rack that is placed around the treadmill treadmill. Besides, the ropes connect the frame to the hip of the user via the belt or the waistband of tight pants.

How to use LightSpeed ​​Lift

Users only adjust the 2 metal horizontal bars according to the steps are predetermined on the frame until the body weight reduction to reach the desired level. This will help users to reduce the impact load from 20 pounds to 40 pounds (from 9kg to 18kg) when running without causing discomfort when transporting their arms and extending stride.

LightSpeed ​​Lift was launched in 2011 when physical therapist Malcolm Macaulay wanted to help patients with serious neck injuries to relive the passion for running. Since then, Lightspeed Lift has become a “valuable remedy” for many athletes in the process of recovering from injuries.

LiftSpeed ​​Lift uses “Lift from the Hip” technology to provide the runner with the support they need at the moving axis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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VAR at Premier League 2019/2020 season made 4 mistakes

The British professional arbitration board admitted that VAR made 4 mistakes in the first 12 rounds of the 2019/2020 season.

VAR Premier League made 4 mistakes that made MU benefited while Chelsea and Arsenal were disadvantaged.

Mr. Mike Riley, General Director of the British Professional Arbitration Board (PGMOL) had a meeting with representatives of clubs to assess the use of VAR in the first 12 rounds of the English Premier League this season. He acknowledged that of the 28 referees who changed their decision thanks to VAR intervention, four were “wrongly whistle-blown”.

Among the errors mentioned, there were three penalties for MU (against Norwich), Brighton (against Everton) and Watford (against Chelsea), PGMOL acknowledged that those collisions were not fouls. The remaining situation is Arsenal’s unrecognized goal against Crystal Palace, VAR caused the referee to penalize Calum Chambers.

The 2019/2020 season is the first season the Premier League uses VAR.

VAR’s singular errors remind fans that this is not exactly the right and wrong technology like Goal-line or Hawk-eye, calling “VAR technology” wrong. VAR is a team of referees who analyze multi-angle video footage to advise the referees to avoid making mistakes in key situations of the game (e.g. leading to a goal, penalty or red card).

“We are still far from reaching perfection and improving our way of doing things,” said Mike Riley. “The worst case scenario is when the referee on the pitch makes the right decision but VAR intervenes again leading to the wrong decision. There is still a lot we need to do to improve efficiency.”

The former Premier League referees said that not using the screen outside the boundary to allow the referee to personally watch the video did not seem to be a reasonable choice. PGMOL and the Premier League Organizing Committee will study more options to reduce the time of interrupting the match when VAR intervenes, and minimize errors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Many restaurants in China are using serving robots (Part 1)

Serving robots have become an attractive option for restaurants in China as recruitment of waiters has become increasingly difficult.

Two years ago, Bao Xiangyi dropped out of school and waited in a restaurant for half a year to support himself, and the 19-year-old recalled that time in a difficult and obsessive way.

“It’s crazy to work in a number of Chinese restaurants. The number of my daily steps WeChat measured reached 20,000 steps in just one day, just taking food inside the restaurant alone.” , Bao said.

And this made him quit the waiter job and decided to go back to school, he is now a university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.

Serving robots developed by Pudu Tech, a startup in Shenzhen, have been adopted by thousands of restaurants in China, as well as several other countries including Singapore, South Korea and Germany.

“I cannot accept that 365 days a year would be like that,” Bao said. “Those days were filled with darkness and I felt like my whole life would forever be a lowly and mediocre servant.”

Olivia Niu, a 23-year-old Hong Kong resident, is also a good example. She quit the waitress job right after the first day of work. “During the peak hours, the work will be very busy, even though I am very hungry, but I still have to try to prepare meals for customers,” Niu said.

The service robot was developed by Pudu Tech, a three-year startup in Shenzhen

Becoming a waiter has never been a top career choice but it is still a great source of employment in China. Yang Chunyan, a waitress at Lanlifang Hotel in Wenzhou, southeast China, had two children and said she chose this job because she needed to make a living.

The young generation of China today has a bigger vision and understands more of the field. Among those born after 2000, 24.5% wanted a career related to literature and the arts. Next is education and IT industry in second and third place, according to aggregated information from Tencent QQ and China Youth Daily.

This makes it difficult for Chinese executives to recruit qualified staff, and even if so, very few people can withstand the daily pressure of hundreds of food orders. , so the best option is probably robots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Advanced technologies are applied in sports (Part 2)

Shoes and balls with electronic chips

Attaching chips to shoes and balls has now become relatively common. Initially the technology paid little attention, but in late 2011, Adidas in one of its advertising campaigns gave famous player Messi the use of these “smart shoes“.

In addition to using the best materials (super light, super durable), the design best suited to each player’s condition, it also has an electronic chip under the shoe.

This chip is capable of collecting all data during the match to know how Messi played in 90 minutes: how many kilometers run, the highest speed, the average speed, power, etc. so that can give diet, training appropriate for Messi in particular and other football stars in general.

Swimwear speeds up

FINA’s Federation Internationale de Natation has approved athletes who use swimwear to reduce water resistance from the 2000 Olympic Trials.

Until the 2008 Olympics, Speedo’s LZR Racer swimwear went above all to become the most popular swimwear for swimmers. Since Speedo LZR Racer sets, strange numbers have been recorded on the green track.

Only in 2008, there were more than 40 new records on the established swimming lanes, this number was even double what the swimmers did during the 30 years before 2008. Of course. setting new records can also be set due to many other objective factors such as diet, exercise, mood etc.

Many legendary swimmers have broken many records when wearing this special swimsuit

But a series of set records also partly demonstrate that this particular swimsuit will help many athletes reach their destination a few hundred seconds earlier, which is more than enough for sports. Competitive on time like swimming.

Chip

Position mounted on shoes

Since then, the installation of electronic chips into balls and competition shoes has also been formed. The chip attached to the outside ball to measure the parameters, also intended to combine with the hawk eye system, determine whether the goals of the players are valid or not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Advanced technologies that are applied in sports (Part 1)

People are constantly looking for ways to break records in any area. Therefore, technology always goes hand in hand with sports to create breakthroughs.

Hawk eye system

In 1999, Roke Manor Research Company developed this system. The project was led by Dr. Paul Hawkins (he took his name to name the system) and was sponsored by British television company “The Television Corporation”.

In tennis, this system was first used by Jamea Jackson in the 2006 Master ATP tournament held at Key Biscayne. Today, in high-level tennis matches, in football matches, the speed of the ball is very fast, so it really needs a “hawk eye” system.

On the other hand, the common characteristic of both subjects is to determine the position between the ball and the line to determine the winner. Considering tennis alone, the ball is over the designated line as if the batter lost the score. In football, this system is effective to avoid “ghost goals” (the ball has not crossed the lime line to count as a goal).

The hawk eye system is increasingly widely used in many sports. Although it is controversial when many fans think that the human game will go if all the results of the competition are decided by machines. In particular, in the king sport is football, sometimes the referee’s mistake is an unexpected “attractive” factor.

Spray paint spraying penalty kick

Thanks to the paint lines sprayed from the sprayer of the referee, the free kick phase is made faster and less unnecessary controversy. Behind the success of this “new technology” is Heine Allemagne.

He is 44 years old, living in the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil), inventing “painted lines” for him merely for the purpose of helping the referee work more smoothly and accurately.

Always in the mind of the idea of ​​creating a special foam to help the referee since 2000, after the self-exploration process, Allemagne invented a white foam made from vegetable oil capable of self Decompose after 1 to 2 minutes. Through testing at domestic playgrounds in Brazil, the most successful success of this invention was at the 2014 World Cup.